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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopanica
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Declension
Declension of *kopanica (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kopanica | *kopanici | *kopanicę̇ |
| genitive | *kopanicę̇ | *kopanicu | *kopanicь |
| dative | *kopanici | *kopanicama | *kopanicamъ |
| accusative | *kopanicǫ | *kopanici | *kopanicę̇ |
| instrumental | *kopanicejǫ, *kopanicǫ** | *kopanicama | *kopanicami |
| locative | *kopanici | *kopanicu | *kopanicasъ, *kopanicaxъ* |
| vocative | *kopanice | *kopanici | *kopanicę̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: капані́ца (kapaníca)
- Russian: копани́ца (kopaníca) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: копани́ця (kopanýcja)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: kopanica (“heap”) (dialectal)
- Slovak: Kopaňice (plural, in toponyms)
- Non-Slavic:
- → German: Köpenick (suburb of Berlin)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kopanica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 14
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